Question for the string gurus.

[bk_tradguy88]

The serving on my longbow has gotten loose. Mostly on the upper portion. I've tried to twist it back and push it down. I heated it lightly with a lighter. And it's still just as loose. I'm trying to save some money by not getting a new string, and really like the string that's on it and don't know who made it. any way I can get this thing tighter???
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[Trick]

I could reserve it for you and it will never come loose again, garrantee. Not sure where your at, your profile says NE Texas. I'm north of Blue Ridge.

Matt

[jerp]

For about $25 you can get a simple serving tool and a spool of material - using one is pretty easy to get the hang of. Even though I don't use mine very often I'm glad I have one in my tackle box. It has saved a hunt or two when my serving came apart.

[bk_tradguy88]

I could reserve it for you and it will never come loose again, garrantee. Not sure where your at, your profile says NE Texas. I'm north of Blue Ridge.

Matt

Thanks for the offer, I'm in Paris. I think about 1hr 15 min from you? any chance you'll be at the dca tbot on Sunday the 10th? That'll probably be the next time I'm close your way. I've got a spool of serving thread I use for my knocking points, but it's too small. Is there no way to tighten it up? I've never seen a string served so I don't know what's happened to make it loose.
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[Bisch]

Just pull off that serving and reserve it. It will be as good as new then. That is one thing that just about any shop CAN do on a trad bow!

Make sure you have your nocking point measured with a square before removing the old serving!

Bisch

[jerp]

So has it come loose out near one of the loops or in the middle?

[bk_tradguy88]

Just pull off that serving and reserve it. It will be as good as new then. That is one thing that just about any shop CAN do on a trad bow!

Bisch

I didn't think to ask about that. There are a couple of bow shops close to me. But nobody does trad of course.
B

[bk_tradguy88]

So has it come loose out near one of the loops or in the middle?

Once I finished pushing it to the middle and twisting on it it's only loose at the end towards my upper limb.
B

[RickBarbee]

If you have a spare string, put it on and send this one to me, and I'll reserve it for you.

Rick

[trad"Doc"53]

Any bow shop should be able to reserve your string, it's no different serving it.

[bk_tradguy88]

If you have a spare string, put it on and send this one to me, and I'll reserve it for you.

Rick

Thanks for the offer, but I don't have a spare for any of my bows. Since I now know that any shop can I'll have one of the local shops here serve it.
B

[RickBarbee]

Thanks for the offer, but I don't have a spare for any of my bows. Since I now know that any shop can I'll have one of the local shops here serve it.
B

No problem Bro.

It really would be worth your while to get a simple serving tool, and learn how to reserve your strings. Can save you a lot of time & trouble down the road.

Rick

[bk_tradguy88]

No problem Bro.

It really would be worth your while to get a simple serving tool, and learn how to reserve your strings. Can save you a lot of time & trouble down the road.

Rick

I definately will later on. Cutting everything i can right now till I get married in April. But stringbuilding altogether is in the plan. Just not right now.
B

[SamHarper]

In case you're cheap, like me, here's a couple of home made serving jigs you could make yourself fairly easily:

http://piratesofarchery.net/bb/viewtopic.php?p=4487

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/archery/serve3.jpg

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ZwjSDd4j8"]Making a $1 - $2 String Server for Archery - YouTube[/ame]

There was another one I saw a while back made by bending a piece of plastic in two places, drilling holes, and putting a bolt through it, but I can't find it.

You can serve a string without a jig. It just takes longer.

[Trick]

Thanks for the offer, I'm in Paris. I think about 1hr 15 min from you? any chance you'll be at the dca tbot on Sunday the 10th? That'll probably be the next time I'm close your way. I've got a spool of serving thread I use for my knocking points, but it's too small. Is there no way to tighten it up? I've never seen a string served so I don't know what's happened to make it loose.
B

I'm not sure if I can make that shoot or not. But, I have a bunch of strings I've made that were either too long or too short for my purposes. If you can tell me what length yours is I'll go thru and see if I have one that will work. If so I'll send it to you. I've got an older string jig I'll give you as well.

Matt